Swivel for watch-chains



(Ne'ModeL) P. NERNEY.

SWIVEL FOR WATCH CHAINS.

No. 295,577. Patented Mar, 25, 1884 INVENTUFL FIB-4| WITNESSES.

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PETER NERNEY, OF ATTLEBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS.

SWIVEL FOR WATCH-CHAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,577, dated March25, 1884.

Application filed February 1, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER NERNEY, of Attleborough, in the county ofBristoland State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Swivels for Watch- Chains; and I do hereby declare thefollowing specification, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of the same, to be a description thereof.

This invention relates to a swivel for watchchains; and it consists incertain features of construction, as hereinafter ,set forth.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l represents a front view of theswivel with the bow thereof closed, as when connected to a watchring.Fig. 2 shows the same with the bow open to allow a watch-ring to beconnected. Fig. 3 represents a central vertical section of Fig. 1. Fig.4 shows in perspective the stem member with .a portion of the bowsecured thereto. Fig. 5 represents in perspective the neck member withthe remaining portion of the bow secured to its head. Fig. 6 shows inperspective the swivel-sleeve with its attached ring.

A is the bow member, which is in two parts, a a. The part a is securedto the upper end of the stem B, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, and the parta is rigidly attached to the head of the neck member 0, as shown inFigs. 3 and 5. The neck member 0 is'hollow, and has its head providedwith a perforation, c, to receive thefoot a of the bow portion a whenthe bow is closed.

D is a bridge-piece, which stretches across the interior of theneckmember 0, and is secured to the walls thereof. The bridge-piece D iscentrally perforated to form a bearing for the stem B and hold it at alltimes in axial shank.

alignment with the neck member.

E is the swivel-sleeve, which fits on the lower end of the stem B, andis furnished with an attached ring, 6, to receive the watch-chain. Theswivel-sleeve E is retained upon the stem B by a headed pin, F, whichenters the lower end of thest'em, and is secured thereto by solder.Preferably the stem B is made of hollow wire, to furnish a cavity intowhich the shank of the pin F can be inserted, as shown in Fig. 3; butthe stem may be solid and have a hole drilled into its lower end toreceive the pin- G is-a spiral spring, which surrounds the stem B, andbears at its lower end upon the sleeve E and at its upper end upon thebridgepiece D, thereby pressing the neck member 0 and locking the bow ina closed position. The neck member 0 is mounted on the stem B, so as tobe capable of longitudinal and rotary movements.

When it is desired to open the bow to ad mit or to release thewatchring, the neck member 0 is depressed on the stem by the fingersuntil the foot a of the bow portion a passes out of the perforation c inthe head of the neck member. The neck member is then partially rotatedto carry the 'bow portion a.

. to one side, as shown in Fig. 2, when the watch-ring may be insertedor withdrawn. The bow is closed by turning the neck so as to bring thebow portion a under the portion a, and then releasing the neck, when thespring G will raise the neck and its loow member a and cause the foot aof the bow portion a to pass into the perforation c in the head of theneck, and thereby lock the bow in a closed position.

Although I prefer to make the stem B of hollow wire, and to employ theheaded pin F to hold the sleeve E upon the stem, yet a oilmay besoldered to the lower end of the stem may project beyond the sleeve andbe headed over thereon to retain the sleeve on the stem, as will bereadily understood.

I do notclaim, broadly, a swivel having a bow member capable of beingturned, and having a neck member mounted so as to be movable on thestem, and actuated by a spring to lock the bow member ina closedposition.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture, a swivel composedof a stem B,having a bow portion, a, rigidly secured thereto, a neck member, 0,having the remaining bow portion rigidly secured to its head, and saidhead provided with a perforation, c, to receive the foot of the bowportion a, the bridge-piece D, secured to and within the neck member 0,the swivel-sleeve F, having a ring attached thereto and secured upon thestem, as described, and the spiral spring G, mounted on the stem and,bearing against bridge-piece D and the sleeve F, substantially as setforth.

Witnesses: PETER NERNEY.

EDSON SALISBURY J oNEs,

HENRY J. STAPELTON.

cular plate covering the lower end of the sleeve for such purpose; orthe lower end of the stem.

upward over the foot a of the bow portion a ICC

